[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1681175] Re: network-manager don't work normally

2017-04-17 Thread Doug Bates
Just upgraded to 17.04 from 16.10 and it's just plain broken (i.e. h/w restart and/or 'service network-manager-restart' doesn't fix it). Tried GRUB boot from 14.04 (which I still have on a spare partition) and all working ok - so we can't blame hardware or ISP problems... -- You received this

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1147439] Re: 13.04beta runs on Live DVD but graphics crashes on install

2013-04-09 Thread Doug Bates
I think the problem has come back again. I did a fresh install post beta 2 (April-07 daily build) on my production partition as my test partition had been running so well (see my comment 2013-03-16). Unfortunately the video diver was then broken again. Now running OK on proprietry AMD

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1147439] Re: 13.04beta runs on Live DVD but graphics crashes on install

2013-03-16 Thread Doug Bates
f.y.i. I think it just got sorted (on my machine anyway) after updating today. Mark as 'fixed'? Thank you (whoever) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1147439] Re: 13.04beta runs on Live DVD but graphics crashes on install

2013-03-07 Thread Doug Bates
f.y.i. I swapped the ATI Caicos [Radeon HD 6450] card for an Nvidea 8500 and all worked beautifully. = ATI ~ it's all your fault ;-) (but works just fine on 12.10 so no hardware issues I think) I hope it gets sorted 'cus on NVidea it all looks brilliant! thank you. -- You received this bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1147439] [NEW] 13.04beta runs on Live DVD but graphics crashes on install

2013-03-05 Thread Doug Bates
Public bug reported: Having run the live 13.04 beta (downloaded 4 Mar, updated 5th) desktop runs *beautifully* on [AMD] nee ATI Caicos [Radeon HD 6450] with system graphics reported as 'Gallium 0.4 on AMD CAICOS', but after install the system hangs at an overscanning (or blank colour) log-on

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 857041]

2012-01-06 Thread Doug Bates
On 02/01/12 16:44, Pmladek-y wrote: The fix has been just approved and pushed for 3.4.5-rc2. Thanks - the earlier work-around had worked for me, but it's nice to know LO has just got little bit even better :-) Appreciated. Doug (aka Coloneldare) -- You received this bug notification because

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 836250] Re: [Oneiric] Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 poor networking, packet loss and very slow Lenovo X201 and T500 laptops

2011-10-18 Thread Doug Bates
Me too! With my Acer AspireOne/Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000 card. Acer works fine on 11.04 (which I have had to fall back to.) 11.10 works with ethernet (c. 800KiB/s) but 0 - ten's or hundreds of B/s (not KiB) so totally unusable, tho some connectivity. 11.10 works fine on my Broadcom

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 836250] Re: [Oneiric] Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 poor networking, packet loss and very slow Lenovo X201 and T500 laptops

2011-10-18 Thread Doug Bates
On 18/10/11 17:55, Joseph Salisbury wrote: Are there are folks that can test prior versions of the kernel to see when this issue was introduced? Having followed Alpha 2 - Release 11.10 via upgrades, and still having problems, I did a complete 11.10 install but probs still there. So I

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 857041] [NEW] Nonprinting characters not showing in Writer

2011-09-22 Thread Doug Bates
Public bug reported: When authoring, or viewing write-enabled document in Writer (LibreOffice 3.4.3 OOO340m1 (Build:302) ) the non-printing character symbols don't show on screen. Ctrl-F10 toggles toolbar icon OK, but to no effect on screen. I'm running Ubuntu AMD64 Oneiric (beta) with Nvidia